Example sentences of "it [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But of course , had Alexander 's argument and Lewis 's interpretation of it been irrefutable , had it been the kind of thing which compelled religious certainty , then all the philosophers in Oxford would have fallen to their knees when they had finished reading it . |
| 2 | Just the sort of behaviour , in fact , that , had it been the work of the lads from the local council estate , would have resulted in a platoon of plods descending at great speed , batons ready in the best of LAPD fashion . |
| 3 | In other words , the very development by which IBM could have gained enormously had it been the initiator led , a few short and bumpy years later , to the same results . |
| 4 | Had it been the director with a retained shareholding of 30 shares who had died on 31 December 1986 , his estate too would have had the benefit of business assets relief , but at a lower percentage deduction . |
| 5 | Had it been the truth — that damaged wrist ? |
| 6 | Had it been the form that all agencies were not mentioned , this may have been acceptable , but to be forced to listen to a litany of other agency names — not least Barkers Trident — without a single mention of our own was deplorable . |
| 7 | Nor has it been the result of government action and state control . |
| 8 | Treasure and the maps to locate it are the stuff we dream of , whether the treasure be a golden Celtic torque or a Roman pottery shard is not as important , perhaps , as the quest and excitement of making the find . |
| 9 | However , the reaction is extremely complex and current ideas about it are the subject of hot debate . |
| 10 | If anyones around leeds at the time the two pubs I would suggest going to watch it are The Pack horse in town ( where they put it on in a private room upstairs for our convenience ) or the Fav up near the Uni where they have about 20 screens and away fans get regularly beat up ! ! ! ! |
| 11 | The work of a French doctor , Jacques Duval 's Des Hermaphordits , Twelfth Night and As You Like It are the focus for an exploration of the ways a culture 's sexual discourse plays a critical role in the shaping of identity . |
| 12 | This animation of a plane has six cels in it , and the only things that move on it are the propeller and the pilot 's scarf . |
| 13 | Might n't it be the case that those other bodies with which we seem to have personal relations of friendship , dislike etc. , actually have no mental states at all ; that there is no internal life , but only the external behaviour ? |
| 14 | of CalMac employees who remain in the public sector , why can not it be the case with the rest who will be transferred to the private sector ? |
| 15 | To what extent can it be the case that a decision-making process that is dominated by white , male , middle-aged and middle class civil servants is likely to be appropriate for all areas of social and economic policy ? |
| 16 | Could it be the hospitaller , Fitzormonde ? |
| 17 | ‘ Must it be the whole ? |
| 18 | Or should it be the station first , see about that job ? |
| 19 | Will it be the gas board in the Republic of Ireland ? |
| 20 | Will it be the Minister , the Secretary of State , the employers , the trade unions or some quango in which failed Tory Members of Parliament serve on inflated salaries ? |
| 21 | After Nunney Castle goes to the seaside will it be the turn of double-chimneyed Clan Castle pictured at Loughborough by JOHN EAST . |
| 22 | Will it be the council , on the ground that the upper band would provide it with more money , or will it be the householder ? |
| 23 | I , too , am puzzled by your nitrate increase — could it be the salt ? |
| 24 | Would it be the local ? |
| 25 | Would it be the mind of the assembly we hear Mr now and we deal with this addendum ? |
| 26 | After a long pause , Claire said , ‘ Would it be the Gardai who opened them … ? ’ |
| 27 | Two dances later ( had word got round ? ) another partner , it was the philosophy brother — or could it be the soldier brother ? — kissed her . |
| 28 | ‘ If Leopold had had a son , would it be the heir ? ’ |
| 29 | Should it be the demand for money , and if so how should that be measured ? |
| 30 | Should it be the supply of money , and if so which measure ? |